Skylight



SKYLIGHT Filed Jan. 29 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESSES \F INVENTOR MamVol/k.

v ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

llhllTED STATES EFEQE,

Para

SKYLIGHT.

Application filed January 29, 1924. Serial No. 689,277.

My present invention relates generally to skylights, and morparticularly to that type of skylights wherein the glasses rest indownwardly and outwardly inclined positions upon opposite sides of acentral ridge, my object being the provision ot'a fire-proofconstruction which will be simple, strong and durable, by means of whichthe skylight as a whole may be quickly and effectively erected in placeand among its further objects my invention aims to take care ofcondensation in a simple effective manner.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention and forming apart of this specification,

Figure l is a sectional perspective view transversely of and through theskylight constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2is an enlarged partial longitudinal section aken substantiallyon line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating one of the clips for holdingoneof the joint strips,

Figure 4 is a similar view of one of the clips for holding the ridgecap,

Figure 5 is an enlarged transverse section through the central portionof the skylight, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged section through one side of the skylight.

Referring now tofizhese figures, the panes or glasses generallyindicated at 10, and which may be formed of what is commercially knownas wire glass, are utilized in rectangular sections, each extending froma ridge bar generally indicated at 11 to an eaves bar generallyindicated at 12, the glasses being downwardly and outwardly inclinedfrom the ridge bar 11 upon, whose upper outturned and downwardlyinclined flanges 13 the upper edges of the glasses rest, to the eaves ber upon whose upper outturned flange 14 the lower edges 01'' the glassesrest.

The side edges of the glasses extendalong and are supported by thetransverse glass supporting bars 15 disposed in inclined positionsbetween the ridge bar 11 and the eaves bar 12 and the upper ends ofwhich have laterally deflected attaching arms 16 bolted or otherwisesecurely fastened as at 17 to the web of the ridge bar 11 asparticularly seen in Figure 2.

The glass supporting bars 15 have outturned flanges 18 along their upperedges and at spaced points therealongclips 19, one 01" which is shown indetail. in Figure 3, are disposed transversely across the flanges 18with the ends of the clip bent around the edges of said flanges toathussecurely en.- gage the bars 15, each clip 19 having an upstanding bolt20 which passes between the edges of the adjacent glasses 10 and througha strip 21 which covers the joints between the glasses as particularlyseen in Figure 1, the bolts-20 receiving nuts 22 which in practice arescrewed downwardly upon the covering strips 21,'the latter being curvedtransversely so as to hold therein putty or other joint sealing materialas indicated at 23 in Figure-2 and of which a supply is also laid alongthe upper surfaces of the glass supporting bars 15 between its flanges18and the glasses 10 resting thereon.

The upper ends of the joint covering strips 21 extend beneath portionsof a longitudinal ridge cap 24 which covers the upper edges of theglasses 10 and whichby virtue of its transverse curvature is adapted tohold putty or other sealing material 25 beneath the same. The ridge cap24 is held in place by a series of T-bolts 26-,whose threaded shanksextend upwardly through the ridge cap at spaced points therealong toreceive nuts 27, and whose heads are disposed within the centrallyridged portions 28 of clips 29 angularly formed to extend transverselyacross the upper flanges 13 of the ridge bar 11, the ends 30 of theclips being bent around the flanges 13 so as to thus securely engagewith the ridge bar.

Each eaves bar 112 has an angular body disposed at an incline andincluding a portion 31 upon which the lower ends of the glass supportingbars 15 are seated, said portion 31 having at its inner edge a dependingvertical flange 32, so that it is thus adapted to seat upon and may beconnected to a suitably formed sill bar 33. Each eaves bar 12 alsoincludes an upstanding outer portion 34 at right angles to the portion31 and from whose upper edge the beforementioned flange 14 projects inan outward direction, said flange having an upright lip 35 at its outeredge which thus serves .to confine the glasses 10 in place. The portion34 of each eaves bar receives the lower ends of the glass supportingbars 15 thereagainst and which lower ends are se cured to the portion 34as by means of laterally deflected ears 36 and connecting bolts 37similar to the cars it; and Fastening bolts 1? connecting the upper endsof the supporting bars 1.5 and securing the upper ends of the glasssupporting bars 15 with the ridge bar 11. It is obvious that by virtueof the angular shape of the eaves bars and their inclined disposition,each forms therein a gutter for condensation within the skylightprovided at a suitable point or points with a drain 38 externallythrough the lower edge of the eaves ba' portions li t, it being observedfrom Figures 2 and 3 that the lower flanges 3t) outstanding from theglass supporting bars '15 are slightly curred so as to presentconcavedupper surfaces which form troughs and which thus open at their lowerends into the gutters formed by the eaves bars, the upper ends ot' thelower hinges 39 of the glass e1rpporting, bars 15 being secured as bymeans of bolts 40 to the lower outstanding and downwin'dly i nclinedflanges 4:1 of the ridge bin" H as best seen in Figure 5.

My invention thus presents a construction capable of ready manufactureand erection as well as one. the parts of which are securely fastenedtogether and may of com'se for this purpose be riveted to one anotherinstead of using bolts in the places previously described, and myinvention further provides a skylight construction which will be strongand durable in use.

I claim:

In a sky light construction of the character set forth, glass supportingmeans including supporting bars, and a ridge beam carried by said bars,each including connected channel members having their web portionssecured to one another and having their flange portions oppositelyoutstanding, and clips extending transversely upon the said ridge beamand supporting bars at spaced points therealong having their ends inclamping engagement with the edges of the upper flanges thereof, saidclips having members adapted to project upwardly between sky lightglasses disposed on the beun and SlllfJPOllilDQ: bars, and clamping nutsthreaded on said upstanding members, for the purpose set forth.

SIDNEY VOLK.

